MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Hurricane Willa slammed into Mexico's Pacific coastline on Tuesday evening packing winds of 120 mph, buffeting buildings and dumping torrential rain on tourist resorts where thousands of people had moved to safety. Whipping palm trees, bending power lines and sparking floods, the center of Willa struck the coast near the town of Isla...

*Expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday afternoon. MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Willa threatened to pummel tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains. Residents had sealed windows and doors with wooden planks on hotels...

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains. Residents had sealed off windows and doors with large wooden planks on hotels facing the historic downtown boardwalk of...

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains. Residents had sealed off windows and doors with large wooden planks on hotels facing the historic downtown boardwalk of...

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed on Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains. Residents on Monday night sealed off windows and doors with large wooden planks on hotels facing the historic downtown...

*Expected to hit Mexico's Pacific coast on Tuesday afternoon. MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday. Residents on Monday night sealed off windows and doors with large...

The hotel and restaurant group said sales had risen on the back of an influx of tourists to the UK and a rise in the overall capacity of the company's hotels, although it said UK consumer demand overall had been weak. Total UK sales growth in the UK at Premier Inn was 4.8 percent, although like-for-like growth was just 0.2 percent reflecting the weakening of...

MAZATLAN, Mexico, Oct 23- Thousands of people were evacuated, buildings boarded up and classes canceled on Mexico's Pacific coast as Hurricane Willa threatened to batter tourist resorts with high winds and heavy rains on Tuesday. Residents on Monday night sealed off windows and doors with large wooden planks on hotels facing the historic downtown boardwalk...

Oct 23- First half revenue at British restaurant and hotel owner Whitbread Plc rose 2.6 percent on the back of an influx of tourists to the UK and a rise in the overall capacity of the company's hotels. Total UK sales growth in the UK at Premier Inn, its hotel business, was 4.8 percent, although like-for-like growth was just 0.2 percent reflecting a weakening of...